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TRHD: July Release Hop Day 3, Slice of Christmas

Good morning & happy Wednesday!  It's day 3 of the release hop and I'm inking up our newest stencil, Slice of Christmas... yes I said INKING and pairing it up with a few sentiments from Kringle.  First off I used some WOW! Embossing Ink on the wider tree along with some Peridot ep, after heat embossing I cut it out.  Second I Inked up the smaller tree right on my card base and added some Carousel ep. 

Next up I placed my stencil where I wanted those icicles and then with the Cotton Tail blender brush, blended in some Stormy Sky Distress ink.  Finally I scattered some sentiments in the white space and voila!

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two gift certificates; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 07-02-2020. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 07-03-2020.

Well, that's it for me.  If you've started at the beginning and you've ended up here... thanks for stopping by!  If you've started somewhere in the middle or started here, you'll want to be sure to keep on a hoppin' along to see that the rest of the team has created for you today!

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Michelle
Justin
Jenn
Lisa
Tangii
Von Marie
Kelly
Alison
Lauren
Amanda

These are the Rabbit Hole Designs new release products I used for today's projects...

Along with these other products...

WOW! Embossing Ink pad
WOW! Peridot Embossing powder
WOW! Carousel Embossing powder
Stormy Sky Distress Ink

Thanks so much for stopping by, be sure to visit the Rabbit Hole Designs blog for the third day of the release hop tomorrow!

TRHD: July Release Hop Day 2, Pawlidays

Good morning & happy Tuesday!  It's day 2 of the release hop and today we're inking up these cute lil' mischief makers in the Pawlidays stamp set!  I just made a basic card... I inked up those cute lil' puppies and colored them in with Copics.  Now I cut them out because I didn't have the die so to clean up the edges, I went around all of the edges with either a brown, green or gray marker... it just covers up those pesky white edges.  I am in LOVE with the sentiments in this set!  So perfect.

It's kind of hard to see, but for the string lights on the tree I used 4 different Stickles glitter colors... irl it looks sparkly and pretty.

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two gift certificates; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 07-02-2020. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 07-03-2020.

Well, that's it for me.  If you've started at the beginning and you've ended up here... thanks for stopping by!  If you've started somewhere in the middle or started here, you'll want to be sure to keep on a hoppin' along to see that the rest of the team has created for you today!

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Michelle
Justin
Jenn
Lisa
Tangii
Von Marie
Kelly
Alison
Lauren
Amanda

These are the Rabbit Hole Designs new release products I used for today's projects...

Thanks so much for stopping by, be sure to visit the Rabbit Hole Designs blog for the third day of the release hop tomorrow!

TRHD: July Release Hop Day 1, Kringle & NEW! Brushes!

Happy Monday yall!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend and are ready for a great week ahead!  It's release time at The Rabbit Hole Designs and we've got some great stuff to share with ya!  Today we are all inking up the Kringle stamp set and showing off the new Cotton Tail Blending Brushes!  Today I made a large tag instead of a card... I use a LOT of tags at Christmas-time!!  

I started with a white cs tag and added some snowflakes from the Light Me Up stencil and some Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink.. of course using the Cotton Tail Blending Brush!  I have to admit, I'm a wee bit of a control freak and I tend to favor the smaller brush heads so I was a little afraid when I got some of these.  FEAR NOT INK BLENDERS!  These are amazing!!  I had NO trouble with the details of the snowflakes and the ink stayed where I wanted it!

Next I added some sentiments.  The ones in red are from the Christmas Frost stamp set, and the Ho's ink pink are from the Kringle set.

Finally I did some Embossing over coloring.  I stamped my trees from Kringle in a green ink and then colored them in with Copics.  Then I stamped them again with some Wow! Embossing Ink and added some WOW! Metalline Kiwi Krush powder... it just adds such a great dimension!  I cut the tree's out and popped them up.

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two gift certificates; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 07-02-2020. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 07-03-2020.

Well, that's it for me.  If you've started at the beginning and you've ended up here... thanks for stopping by!  If you've started somewhere in the middle or started here, you'll want to be sure to keep on a hoppin' along to see that the rest of the team has created for you today!

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Michelle
Justin
Jenn
Lisa
Tangii
Von Marie
Kelly
Alison
Lauren
Amanda

These are the Rabbit Hole Designs new release products I used for today's projects...

Thanks so much for stopping by, be sure to visit the Rabbit Hole Designs blog for the third day of the release hop tomorrow!

KCC: #512, Clean and Simple

Happy Thursday!  I'm your Hostess for this week's Krafty Chicks Challenge, and the theme is CLEAN AND SIMPLE!  For my card this week, I paired up the new Aim For the Stars stencil from The Rabbit Hole Designs with one of my favorite sentiment sets, Friendship is a Blessing from Sweet & Sassy stamps!

This really was a quick and simple card!  First off I positioned my stencil where I wanted it on my scalloped panel, then I smeared some Bubblegum Pink Glitz Glitter Gel (Gina K/ThermoWeb) over it.  I stamped the sentiment in a dark gray ink in the center of the star burst.

Of course I just had to add a couple of fluttery hearts (XOXO Hearts dies, Reverse Confetti).  

That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Lori, Leanne, Nance and our Krafty Guest Helene!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

TRHD: Happy Birthday!

Happy Tuesday!  Today is my share day for The Rabbit Hole Designs, and I'm sharing a birthday card I made using the new Ribbon Stars Stencil and the Sassy Birthday 2 sentiments set.  One of my teamies here shared a card that inspired me for this one.  I used the Ribbon Stars Stencil to make some birthday candles!

I started off with a Postage Stamp die in white.  I used some scrap paper to make the teal "iced cake" piece. Then I drew a line just below the arch of it, this gave me an idea of where to place my candles.  Next I just masked off a couple the "ribbons" and then using blender brushes and some new Altenew ink I started coloring in my candles.  For the tips of the candles I used some WOW! Embossing ink and WOW Gold embossing powder... it kind of looks like candle flames.

Finally I added a sentiment from the Sassy Birthday 2 set at the top and added a twine bow!  I love the look of the tails of my twine bows cascading down so I just add a little bit of glue pen so it goes exactly where I want it!

 

Well, that's all I've got for ya, thanks for popping by.  Hope to see you again soon.

TRHD: A little Stencil-crazy!

Hey yall!  Happy Wednesday!  I'm up on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog today with this fun card using a couple of stencils!  Those bright yellow pretty stars are from the NEW Aim for the Stars Stencil and I pairing it up with one of my faves, the Spell-It stencil!

I started off using a scrap frame piece from one of my June peek cards.  I centered it on my scalloped rectangle base for a visual and then lined up the Aim for the Stars Stencil right where I wanted it.  Most of the stars are inside the frame, but I wanted some to spill outside the frame as well.  Once this was done I taped it off with some Purple tape and blended in those stars using Distress Oxide Fosilized Amber and a blending brush!  I love the bright yellow, I feel it kind of brightens up those darker colors on the frame.

Next I layed the frame over the base piece again so that I could place my Spell-It stencil.  I taped off the letters I wanted (easy since they're right by each other, lol) and then added some Brilliant Blue Glitz Glitter Gel.  The card still seemed a little "flat" to me so I added a few sequins (you know the pretty ones MaryAnn sends in your packages sometimes?).  Voila!  Easy, peasy!  

Well that's all I've got for ya today.  Please stay safe, stay healthy and hug your loved ones!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again.

TRHD: June Release Hop day 3, Space - Miss You

Hey yall, it's the last day of The Rabbit Hole Designs June release hop!!   Today the team is showing off the Space - Miss You stamp set. For my card today I did some water color smooshing with some Shimmerz Paints for a Galaxy looking background for my Astronaut!

I colored up my Astronaut with Copics, then cut him out.  I used a stylus around the navy blue "hole" (between the navy blue and the "torn pieces"), this made those torn pieces kind of bend up some so the image is not so flat!  I didn't need to do any bending or folding, the stylus alone gave it just enough!

For the "galaxy" look, I used three different Shimmerz colors and smooshed them on to some watercolor paper.  I did dry in between a couple of the layers just to avoid "mud" lol.  Then I added some silver speckles with Silver Bells Shimmerz.  The frame die I used has 3 different frames, I left out the middle frame and used some star chart patterned paper.

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two gift certificates; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 05-28-2020. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 05-29-2020.

Well, that's it for me.  If you've started at the beginning and you've ended up here... thanks for stopping by!  If you've started somewhere in the middle or started here, you'll want to be sure to keep on a hoppin' along to see that the rest of the team has created for you today!

TRHD
Tangii
Von Marie
Kelly
Amanda

These are the Rabbit Hole Designs new release products I used for today's projects...

Thanks so much for stopping by, be sure to visit the Rabbit Hole Designs blog for the third day of the release hop tomorrow!

TRHD: June Release Hop, Ribbon Star stencil

Hey yall, it's day 2 of The Rabbit Hole Designs June release hop!!   Today the team is showing off the 2 new stencils, Ribbon Star stencil & Aim for the Stars stencil For my card today I paired up the Ribbon Star stencil with the Pretty in Peony stamp set.

I inked up my Peony images on the bottom corner and colored them up with Copics.  I placed my stencil where I wanted it on my card base (making sure the stars didn't "drip" on to my flowers), then used some Foiled Again Dazzlerz (Shimmerz Paints).  I stamped my sentiment from the Pretty in Peony stamp set.  This stencil was such a simple and pretty way to add a little more personality to this card front!

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two gift certificates; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 05-28-2020. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 05-29-2020.

Well, that's it for me.  If you've started at the beginning and you've ended up here... thanks for stopping by!  If you've started somewhere in the middle or started here, you'll want to be sure to keep on a hoppin' along to see that the rest of the team has created for you today!

TRHD
Michelle
Justin
Jenn 
Lisa 
Tangii 
Von Marie 
Kelly 
Alison 
Amanda

These are the Rabbit Hole Designs new release products I used for today's projects...

Thanks so much for stopping by, be sure to visit the Rabbit Hole Designs blog for the third day of the release hop tomorrow!

TRHD: Buggy for Caffeine #Beetlejuice!

Happy Sunday!  Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!  I am up on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog today with this fun bookmark!  For my project today I'm using the Buggy for Caffeine stamp set, the coordinating Buggy dies and the Drop It stencil.

Hey yall!  Happy Sunday, hope you are healthy and enjoying a wonderful weekend.  Tangii here with a shimmery, shiney caffeinated bookmark.  For my project today I'm using the Buggy for Caffeine stamp set, the coordinating Buggy dies and the Drop It stencil.

 

I started off die cutting my bookmark.  I just used a tag die that I have and left the bottom part of the die hanging off of my cutting pad (when I run it through the machine it only cuts the part of the die on the cutting pad).  After positioning the Drop It stencil where I wanted it over my bookmark, I smeared some glitter gel all over... WOWZA  would ya look at that turquoise shimmery goodness?!? I think it sets off my beetle bug perfectly!  Next up stamped, colored with Copics then die cut my bug.

Finally, I stamped a couple of sentiments from the Buggy for Caffeine stamp set, 1 directly on my bookmark and the other on a die cut tag.  Those fabulous purple sprinkles all over... those are the newest color from TRHD!  Aren't they pretty?!?

 

 

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon.

 

TRHD: Caffeinated #ILoveYou

Happy Tuesday!  I am so behind on sharing, I posted this cutie on the Rabbit Hole Designs blog a few days ago using the newly released Caffeinated Terrier as well as the Perfectly Blended sentiment set.

I started off by stamping my little puppy and coloring him up with Copics.  I cut my white panel down a good bit so I could show off some coffee patterned paper behind.

 

Finally I stamped the sentiment from the Caffeinated Terrier set and then a couple from Perfectly Blended and trimmed them down.  I didn't want the sentiment pieces to blend in to the white panel too much so I took the chisel tip of my E49 Copic and lined the edges of the sentiments.  I die cut a few fluttery hearts and staggered some of them in between the sentiments and finally added a few confetti pieces (these are the confetti pieces that TRHD includes in my orders.

I love how quickly the pieces of this came together, and the Terrier is the perfect size for so many projects!  Well, thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

TRHD: May Release hop, Broken Glass Stencil

Hey yall, it's the last day of The Rabbit Hole Designs May release hop!!   Today the team is showing off the Broken Glass Stencil.  This is such a fun stencil. I paired it up the Fearless stamp set for today's card.

I inked up the Broken Glass Stencil with some Embossing ink and added some WOW Embossing Powder... you should see the killer shimmer!!!  

Finally I inked up one of the ribbons, cut it out and popped it up.  Same with the sentiment on a banner die.

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two gift certificates; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 04-30-2020. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 05-01-2020.

Well, that's it for me.  If you've started at the beginning and you've ended up here... thanks for stopping by!  If you've started somewhere in the middle or started here, you'll want to be sure to keep on a hoppin' along to see that the rest of the team has created for you today!

TRHD
Michelle
Jenn
Kelly
Tangii (you are here)
Alison
Amanda
Lisa
These are the Rabbit Hole Designs new release products I used for today's projects...

Thanks so much for stopping by, be sure to visit the Rabbit Hole Designs blog for the second day of the release hop tomorrow!

TRHD: May Release Hop, Buggy for Caffeine

Hey yall, welcome to thefirst day of The Rabbit Hole Designs May release hop!!   Today the team is showing off the Buggy for Caffeine set.  This is a good size set with several bugs & sentiments!  I paired up the ant & one of the sentiments from the set with the Spell It stencil for today's card.

First off I stamped my Mr. Ant on some Kraft cs and colored him in with Polychromos pencils.  I just love the love the look of pencils on Kraft! Anyway, I used the Caffeine Chemical formula image with some Dark Roast ink and did the "stamp off" method on the background of the tag (2nd stamping on my tag).  Add some ribbon and a button to my tag, and voila!  

Next I used some of the colors from my background paper and the Spell It stencil to spell the "Bug Off".  I just love that stencil!!!!!!  I stamped the sentiment on to a Patterned Paper banner and that was it!  Easy Peasy!  I love the summer beachy look of this card!

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two gift certificates; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 04-30-2020. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 05-01-2020.

Well, that's it for me.  If you've started at the beginning and you've ended up here... thanks for stopping by!  If you've started somewhere in the middle or started here, you'll want to be sure to keep on a hoppin' along to see that the rest of the team has created for you today!

TRHD

Justin
Michelle
Von Marie
Donna
Tangii (you are here)
Amanda
Lisa

These are the Rabbit Hole Designs new release products I used for today's projects...

Thanks so much for stopping by, be sure to visit the Rabbit Hole Designs blog for the second day of the release hop tomorrow!

#SpreadJoyNotGerms Blog Hop!

Happy Friday yall!  Hope you and ours are healthy and hanging in there <3  During everything that's going on I am trying really hard to focus on positive and pretty things, and that's 1 of the reasons for today's hop!  Today I'm taking part in the #SpreadJoyNotGerms blog hop, there are 31 awesome companies offering more than 50 prizes for this hop and there are a lot of papercrafters playing along!! So grab your cuppa, a blankie and a cozy place to plant your hiney and enjoy!!!

**Don't forget to leave me a comment for your chance to win a $10 giftcard to
The Rabbit Hole Designs shop!** (deadline to enter is April 24)

For my card today I used the SPELL-IT stencil (THRD) and some Distress Inks.  I absolutely LOVE this color palette.. I think it's so pretty and just calming.  Just to balance out all of that pretty, I added a little sass with a sentiment from the Sassy Sentiments set (also TRHD).

I added a couple of fluttery hearts to break up some of the white space a few enamel dots.  I hope you are inspired to create something that makes you happy, and while you're at it maybe send some of that happy to someone else.  #SpreadJoyNotGerms!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again.

----> Your next stop on the hop is the wonderfully talented and incredibly sweet Jenn Gross! <----

You can visit the Hedgehog Hollow blog >here< for full details of today's hop as well as the Hop List.

or Catherine Pooler's blog >here< for full details of today's hop as well as the Hop List.  If you get lost along the hop both links above can get you back on track.

 

KCC: #503, Clean and Simple

Happy Friday-eve yall! I'm the hostess for this week's Krafty Chicks Clean and Simple challenge.  My card for this week doesn't have lots of white space but I promise it was simple!  So the insanely talented and super sweet Niccole made me this Yupo sheet. Well to be clear, she made one for everyone on the TRHD Design Team (each in our fave colors!).  The sheet was soooooo pretty I just couldn't bring myself to cut it up...seriously I stared at it for days! 

So here's what I did... I started of die cutting some Dark Roast cs with the Postage Stamp die (SugarPea Designs) then I measured the inside and cut a rectangle from the center of the Yupo piece.  From that center piece I stamped the Tea cups from the Steeped in Happiness set with  Embossing ink and added some Dark Roast ep.  I love the rich dark brown, but with a little shimmer.  Next I used the Dotted Flower Stencil and some pink stickles for the steam from the pot.  Finally I stamped my sentiment from the Perfectly Blended set on to a die cut tag. 

I am so in love with the way this card turned out!!!  I am thinking of making my own Yupo sheet and re-creating this card to be framed for my loft!  Thank you so much Niccole for the base for this card!

That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Lori, Leanne, Nance and our Krafty Guest Bobby!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

TRHD: Hey There Lucky Charm!

Hey yall!  Happy Easter!  I'm on the Rabbit Hole Designs blog today with this fun card using the Old School Horseshoe Tattoo and some Glitter Embossing over Copics.  This was a very quick card coming together with such a great finished look! Hope you're getting some crafty/creative therapy time while we're spending some extra time at home. 

 

 To start I die cut my postage stamp panel using the this die from SugarPea Designs.  Next I stamped my horseshoe with black ink and colored it in with Copics. Using my Misti, I stamped it again with some WOW Embossing ink and added some Peridot embossing glitter and heat set. 

 

 

I really love the look of the embossed glitter over the coloring.  And look at the green glitter against the pink flower!!  After all of the embossing was done I added both sentiments in Pink Pearl ink.  I popped up the postage stamp panel with foam on the kraft cardstock.  White space and I aren't very good friends, so I just had to add a little ribbon and some green enamel dots at the bottom. Like I said, this was a quick and easy card.

 

I hope you enjoyed this card, and FYI The Rabbit Hole Designs is open during all of this and shipping!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!